SPORTS BRIEFING | COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Binghamton Fires Coach

By PETE THAMEL

Published: May 1, 2012

Binghamton University cut the final coaching tie to the scandal-ridden Kevin Broadus era, firing the men's coach Mark Macon. The news came in the aftermath of a 2-29 season, although the late timing of the firing indicates that recent player transfers cost Macon his job as much as the 24-68 record he compiled in four years at Binghamton.

Macon, an assistant under Broadus, had two seasons remaining on his contract, and the university will pay him $300,000 to leave.

Broadus led Binghamton to the N.C.A.A. tournament in 2009, but after his star point guard was arrested for selling crack a few months later, the program spiraled downward amid a flurry of legal and academic issues.